let's take a look at the scene in boscombe down, where the plane hasjust landed. the scene in boscombethe scene in boscombe down, we have seen one pi outside in we have seen one plug apart outside the aircraft, that is at the live shot. then a fairly long drive up live shot. then a fairly long drive up to the widdle on—board those couches. as we know from previous occasions when people were landed just west of london on the way up to arrowe park hospital on the bottle, which is being used as the isolation location for british locations from overseas. we know that some of the people on board will not be any protective suits, therefore, they will be identifiable, so we have to keep a certain distance from the couch so that we do not invade their privacy, the fact that they have this virus is no cause for them to be made public spectacle of. it is important to see that this process is ongoing, and you see that work being done, something based on a 14 day incubation period, but there are now it questions being asked about the effectiveness of that progress. let's go live now to wuhan where

that flight, as you mention, is due imminently here at a very breezy airfield at boscombe down. me, according to the raf, is the longest military runway in the uk, it is that run away the evacuation flight is due to touch down soon. once there, passengers on board will be taking by couch to arrow part hospital. —— by couch. these will be familiar images, we will remember last time there was a flight from china, that flight also had passengers who were then taken to arrow part. these passengers will be taken there and put into quarantine for 1h days on top of the 16 days they have already been quarantine on they have already been quarantine on the cruise ship. they have not got coronavirus, at least they have tested negative, but they need to be taken and put into quarantine as a precautionary measure to make sure that there is no infection, that the additional clear of the virus and safe to return home. we have now how people quarantine on the wirral in the last 3—4 weeks, the first batch of people having to serve out their two weeks in quarantine. presumably, it was all a bit l

the left boscombe down around 1pm and they will be arriving here this afternoon. here and as well as the clinical side of things they will be some effort to try and keep them comfortable. they have had a long and protracted journey. we know there are communal areas inside and outside the hospitalfor areas inside and outside the hospital for them. areas inside and outside the hospitalfor them. we areas inside and outside the hospital for them. we also areas inside and outside the hospitalfor them. we also know areas inside and outside the hospital for them. we also know that the hospital has hosted patients who have been in quarantine before now. this is where the british nationals who were flown back from china last month came to stay. the hospital said they will be using that experience as a guide and a basis for how to look after this new group. there was a lot of preparation went in for our guests from wuhan and if anyone was here when they left, they left, the last group left on saturday. they had been really appreciative of the support and help we provided. a

hospital, so presumably they we re park hospital, so presumably they were people who travel from boscombe downyesterday lunchtime, up to arab park, but the plan was to isolate them for two weeks. those who tested positive will remain in isolation for the full two weeks. those who tested negative, rather. those who tested positive have been transferred to specialist infection centres. four additional cases, linked to the repatriation of passengers from the diamond princess cruise ship. they we re diamond princess cruise ship. they were at arrow park on the wirral, they have been transferred to specialist care. in total, 13 people are known to have been affected currently in the uk and we will bring you any more on that as soon as we get it. that has been filed by catherine da costa, reporting from milton keynes. let's return to italy. i spoke to the journalist sabina castelfranco a little earlier, and she explained how people in venice were reacting to the news. it was a very festive atmosphere in venice until today, obviously, now people are concerned about what is going on. two people here in

their next stop, raf boscombe down in wiltshire. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in yokohama.igence agencies are warning that russia is meddling in this year's presidential election. that's emerged from a classified briefing to members of congress last week. the president has dismissed the news, calling it a "hoax". this is really information we are getting from unnamed sources who had spoken to members of the media here in the us. from an intelligence briefing that happened last week at the house of representatives intelligence community and we were told that russia was trying to interfere with the 2020 election both by casting ballots over results during the primary season but also to try and find ways to improve donald trump's standing again and it is republicans that have apparently reacted very angrily within that meeting. and donald trump as you say has called it misinformation. however, how can the president be so sure it is a hoax before any investigation has been done? for him it is the suggestion, perhaps that he would not have won the last election without russia an

iam here i am here at boscombe down. the flight i am here at boscombe down.t will arrive later this morning at around 11:30am. those 32 british and european nationals on board the diamond princess will be hell. one of the coaches has arrived just a few minutes ago. these coaches will take them to a hospital in wirral. previously to other groups were taken there to be quarantined. at the end of it all, they would have been quarantined for about a month and the diamond princess, the cruise ship, is at the sight of cases outside china, cases of coronavirus and if there were to death on board, two japanese passengers both in their 80s with underlying conditions. the british national tested positive for coronavirus but all of the people flying in today have been tested negative but will still remain in quarantine for the next two weeks. we know there are 30 plus passages on board this plane, many more on the cruise ship. what has happened to those britons not coming back today? some have really been taken and evacuated earlier via hong kong but some of them are be

quarantine on the wirral. jenny hill, thank you. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopal is at the military base boscombe downlight is due to arrive. you are hoping to see it touched down in the next hour? that is right. that is the timing we are working with at the moment and it will be landing here at the base and on board will be 32 british and other european nationals, along with government officials and medical staff. even though passengers on board have been tested negative for coronavirus, they will still be in quarantine for the next two weeks to make sure they are clear from infection. they are of course not the only british people on board the cruise ship. some were flown to hong kong last week. some, we understand, oui’ kong last week. some, we understand, our member of the crew and will remain there. and some who have fallen ill are being treated in hospital. in the meantime, passengers flying in in the next hour, they will be taken to the world to be observed, monitored and tested for the next two weeks to make sure they are clear of the virus before they can be sent home. thank you. the nhs has

after disembarking at boscombe down, next is a four hour coach journey to the north—west and to anotherfacility at arrowe park hospital. this will be their new home for the next two weeks, a nursing accommodation block. they will have clinical supplies and things to keep them occupied, like a television and games console. this is when theirjourney to the uk began on friday night. they left the diamond princess in yokohama and were loaded onto buses for the airport in tokyo. the diamond princess was carrying 78 britons. over the past week, some were evacuated to hong kong. it is understood that other british nationals are members of the crew who could be staying on board. at least four british passengers contracted the virus on the ship. two of them are david and sally abel who also have pneumonia. at first they were relieved at the hospital care they received injapan. today their family are anxious and angry. my dad is saying, i can't do any more of this, son, you need to get me out of here. it is like prison in here. we have got no washing facilities, we have one toilet to share, we ha

given that the coaches left boscombe down around one o'clock, we are expecting them to arrive in aroundexpecting them to arrive in around an hour or so. what has not yet been confirmed by the nhs is what will happen to the european passengers among that number, whether they will be staying here as well. they have been travelling now for several hours and we know they had a delay journey for several hours and we know they had a delayjourney as well and there will be an effort to try and keep them comfortable. we know there are communal areas in the hospital accommodation that they can use, so they can talk to each other. and we know that by the time their two weeks are up, they will have been in quarantine for over a month, so the end is not quite in for them yet. thank you for that update. there are new hopes of a peace deal in afghanistan with the start of a seven day period of what's being called "reduced violence" between us—led forces and taliban fighters. it could lead to the withdrawal of foreign troops after nearly two decades of war. from kabul, our correspondent secunder kerman

their next stop, raf boscombe down in wiltshire. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in yokohama.e you live to that plane. this is tokyo. you can see the stairs have been put in place and we are expecting those 35 brits to soon climb on board and then head towards boss come down ministry defence base and that is neil —— neil salisbury in wiltshire. a number of people have climbed on board. not sure who they are exactly. local time, it board. not sure who they are exactly. localtime, it is board. not sure who they are exactly. local time, it is near 4am. that is the plane for the 35 brits who have tested negative for the coronavirus to climb on board and initially to wiltshire and then head to another 1a days of orienting. we are watching that closely. we will bring you the latest if anything develops. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are yasmin alibhai—brown, a left—wing author and columnist, and benedicte paviot, anglo—french broadcaster and

their next stop, raf boscombe down in wiltshire. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in yokohama. supported the banned islamic state terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in an attack on st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh — a 36—year—old muslim convert from hayes in west london — pleaded guilty to preparing an act of terrorism, by asking an undercover police officer to supply bombs. extra police have been deployed across germany to protect mosques, railway stations, airports and other sensitive sites, after nine people were shot dead on wednesday. many of those killed were kurdish immigrants. the country's home minister says the threat from far—right extremists remains very high, as gavin lee reports. outside the arena shisha bar this morning, the raw heartache and grief of families visiting the site where they lost their loved ones. six people died at this bar. six families devastated as they try to understand what happened here. 35—year—old mercedes kierpacz had gone out that night for a pizza with friends when she was shot dead. herfather filip tells me his wor

their next stop, raf boscombe down in wiltshire. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in yokohama.of sussex will stop using their "sussexroyal" brand from spring. the news comes after it was announced this week that harry and meghan will formally step down as senior royals from 31 march. a spokesperson for the couple said due to government rules around the use of the word "royal", they'd agreed not to name their nonprofit organisation, the sussex royal foundation. an application to trademark the sussex royal brand has also been removed. and we'll be getting more on this story from our royal correspondent jonny dymond just after 8:30. a woman who supported the banned islamic state terror group, has admitted plotting to blow herself up in an attack on st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh — a 36—year—old muslim convert, from hayes in west london — pleaded guilty to preparing an act of terrorism, by asking an undercover police officer to supply bombs. so how do undercover officers manage to find and stop potential attackers in cases such as this? peter bleksley is a founder member of sc